Draft Master Plan for Kapurthala There are 4 Nos. of RCC Bins, 4 Nos. of Trolleys, 20 Containers and 1 dumper placer are available with Municipal Council which are involved in the collection and disposal process. Tractor trolleys and dumper placer transport the garbage from dust-bin and dumped at main dumping site located at Byepass road. In addition to Municipal staff, private contractor is also involved in door-to-door garbage collection. Under this system Rs.14 is being paid by municipal council and Rs. 15 is recovered by the contractor from the house hold. They got 55 rickshaws/rehris and 65 people are deputed for door-to-door collection. The total expenditure under this scheme is Rs. 1.70 lakhs per month. Segregation of Waste There is no segregation process at the sources. In terms of residential areas, no segregation of waste is taken place. Seggregation of waste is not done anywhere even in predominant use i.e. residential areas. Since town is having hospitals and nursing homes, biomedical waste also generated in the town. The waste generated by these hospitals and nursing homes falls in the category of Hazardous wastes. No bio medical waste management for the waste generated in the hospitals of the town, especially govt. hospitals. 5.1.4.4 Disposal Solid waste is largely disposed off by land filling in the identified areas. Around 25 tons of solid waste is daily disposed off on land filling site. 12 acres of land has been taken on lease by municipal council from private owners on By-pass road for dumping the waste. There is no waste segregation at source and as such, no scientific method is being followed for Fig. 28: Land filling site at Byepass road dumping of waste. Open dumping method for solid wastes disposal results in environmental pollution of surrounding area, causing land degradation, nuisance and attracts insects, rodents etc. thus leading to the spreading of various diseases. 5.1.4.5 OngoingProjects/Proposal The proposed projects include identifying and developing another site for solid waste management for the Kapurthala town. District Administration has agreed to provide 10.27 acres land on Kanjli road for this purpose which is adjoining to the present dumping site. Client : Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority Page 55 Consultant: SAI Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Draft Master Plan for Kapurthala However, it is felt that location of disposal sites close to the Kanjli Wetlands will adversely impact the quality and sustainability of the wetlands. 5.1.4.6 Key Issues Key issues identified are: • No systematic Dumping of the solid waste in the town. • Open dumping of waste along the roadside (Ref. figure 27). • No segregation of waste at primary level. • Unscientific disposal of waste of the landfill sites, polluting the underground water of the landfill area through seepage. • There is no proper bio medical waste management plant for hazardous waste. 5.1.5 POWER AND ELECTRICITY At present, hydroelectric power from Bhakra Nangal Project is being utilized for feeding the Kapurthala and other rural settlements.The town is connected to the state grid of electricity served by both hydroelectric and thermal power. The state grid is further connected to National Power Fig. 29: 132 KV Sub-Station at Circular Road Grid. The distribution of power is managed by Punjab State Electricity and office located at the local level. 5.1.5.1 Distribution Network The entire urban and rural settlements falling in the LPA are are served by the electric network. Over the years, Kapurthala has recorded considerable increase in the demand of electricity and no. of electric connections. Kapurthala is served by 132 KV power grid station, located at Kapurthala town and 33 KV Sub Station located at Dainwind which is outside LPA Area. Whenever there is power shortage, 132 KV sub-station is getting electricity support from Jalandhar and Sultanpur Lodhi sub-stations. Client : Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority Page 56 Consultant: SAI Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Draft Master Plan for Kapurthala Fig no. 30: Electrical layout, Project area of Kapurthala town The town having a 132 KV sub station through which ten 11 KV feeders emerges that supply electricity to whole town. Each of the feeders is having average total of 44 Transformers of different capacity varies from 10KVA to 1000KVA. In the terms of electricity distribution, the town has been divided into 3 zones 1. City Sub Division No.I, Kapurthala, 2. City Sub Division No.II, Kapurthala, and 3. Suburban Sub Division, Kapurthala. However there is a mismatch between the demand and supply of power with demand outstripping the supply, leading to increasing no. of power cuts in the residential and industrial segments causing inconvenience and considerable loss of productivity. (Refer Table: 36) Table 36: Power Distribution for Different Uses Domestic Industrial Commercial Road Lighting (Points) Others Total No. of 24,525 696 5,238 2,745 5,490 38,694 Connections Percentage (%) 63 2 14 7 14 100 Source: Census of India 2001 5.1.5.2 Street Lights Providing streetlights in the town falls in the domain of the municipality. Accordingly, Municipal Council Kapurthala is maintaining 4629 street light points consisting of Lamp, MVL, SVL, MH Lamp, Tube fitting and Halogen lamps, details of which are given below (Ref. table 37). In order to improve operational efficiency, the maintenance of the street light had been privatized. Client : Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority Page 57 Consultant: SAI Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Draft Master Plan for Kapurthala Table 37: Street light facilities in the town Types Capacity in Watt Nos. Lamp 200 watt: 5 MVL 125 watt 2 SVL 250 watt 152 SVL 150 watt 1520 SVL 70 watt 359 MH Lamp 250 watt 66 Tube fitting 40 watt 2500 Halogen Lamps 250 watt 25 Total 4629 Source: Municipal Council, Kapurthala 5.1.5.3 Key Issues • Illegal Connections of electricity in the town • Irrational distribution of street lighting. • Street lights occupying the vital road space within the congested area. • Time duration of supply is very less for irrigational, residential and industrial purposes. • Poor maintenance of street lights. • Time duration of power supply for irrigation and industrial purposes is very short. • No new proposals. 5.2 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Social infrastructure refers to facilities and the process involved, which ensure education, better health facilities and community development in any town. The different components of social infrastructure will help to know how well a city or town is equipped with facilities. The provision of education, health, etc. defines the quality of life. Punjab state is putting up constant efforts to improve its infrastructure. Each town is different in its social infrastructure in terms of education and health of the residents. As the town expands and population increases, gap between demand and supply of these essential services emerges, which deteriorates quality of life in urban areas. Social infrastructure falls under the public & semi public land use classification. The accessibility is from the road, which is a government premise. Also, there is public accessibility from the different directions since there is more than one access to the premise. Hence, education, health, recreational areas, socio cultural facilties, post office, cremation and burial grounds, and religious land use category falls under the public & semi public category. Client : Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority Page 58 Consultant: SAI Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Draft Master Plan for Kapurthala 5.2.1 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES Educational facilities are critical for any settlement to grow in terms of literacy, skill upgradation and improving quality of human beings. Higher level of education facilities has been considered vital for economic growth and development of any community or nation, besides improving the quality of human beings. Education has been found to be a major determinant and promoter of growth and development of any settlement and nation. Accordingly, providing appropriate level of education facilities ranks high on the agenda of any government dedicated to the cause of community welfare. Institutional Network Kapurthala town has large number of educational institutions catering to primary, secondary and higher secondary education, apart from having 3 colleges catering to Science & Arts students, including a girls’ college and a college of education, a Govt. Industrial Training Institute (ITI), a District Institute of Education & Training (DIET), a Govt. In-Service Training Centre (GISTC), besides the famous Sainik School. The colleges are namely Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Fig. 31: NJSA Govt. (Randhir) College College, popularly called as Randhir College, Hindu Kanya College and MGN College for Education (private). These institutions are located in different parts of the town, and have mixed share of govt. and private ownership. There is one engineering college located on Kapurthala-Amritsar Road and one nursing college on Kapurthala – Subhanpur Road. The details of the educational institutions are given in the table below:- Table 38: Number of Educational Institutions (2006-07) e g y l r n d i a s d i r m i u r M Senior Degree N P Secondary / c Secondary College i n h c Teachers’ e Engg. t Level y Training Total l College o Centre P / I t t t t t t T v v v v v v I o o o e P P P G G G g e l l o C Kapurthala 20 18 3 4 2 21 2 1 2 1 2 76 M. Cl. LPA 44 14 7 - 2 - - - - - - 67 Vilages Client : Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority Page 59 Consultant: SAI Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad Draft Master Plan for Kapurthala Source: Office of DEO (S), Kapurthala and Census of India, 2001 Town and Village Directories In case of villages of Kapurthala LPA, there are 68 educational institutions falling in the category of primary, middle, secondary and senior secondary schools, with majority belonging to the category of primary schools.